Faber & Faber Poetry Diary 2018: Royal Blue

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Founded in the 1920s, the Faber poetry list was heavily influenced by T.S. Eliot, who guided it for almost 40 years. Each decade since the 1960s, the list has continued to grow... Read more

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Founded in the 1920s, the Faber poetry list was heavily influenced by T.S. Eliot, who guided it for almost 40 years. Each decade since the 1960s, the list has continued to grow with the finest poets of each generation. Recently, the creation of the Poet to Poet series has widened the scope of Faber poetry even further by having contemporary poets introduce the great poets of the past who inspired them.

The Faber poetry list, originally founded in the 1920s, was shaped by the taste of T S Eliot, who was its guiding light for forty years. This 2017 edition includes poems by: Simon Armitage; William Blake; Burns Robert; Lord Byron; Thomas Campion; John Clare; Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Wendy Cope; Emily Dickinson; and, John Donne among others.

As the year changes, so we change with it. Since time out of mind our daily lives have been shaped and directed by the seasons. This book features poems about harvest and hardship, growth and new life, the warmth of the life-giving sun, Christmas and the closing of the year.

The BBC has looked back through its rich archive of recordings to produce a poll of the most asked for and most broadcast pieces ever: fifty of those poems are read here by Adjoa Andoh and Anton Lesser, both regular voices for the programme.

The Forward Book of Poetry 2018 showcases a selection of the best contemporary poetry published in the British Isles over the last year, including the winners of 2017's prestigious Forward Prizes for Poetry.

From Shakespeare to Rossetti, Keats to Auden, Byron to Browning an beyond, and a host of contemporary voices including Wendy Cope, and Carol Ann Duffy, this book includes love poems speaks to the heart about this most universal of themes.

BBC Radio 4's Poetry Please is the longest-running broadcast of verse anywhere in the world. It is a compelling invitation for readers of all ages and backgrounds to celebrate the verse that we care so much about: from new readers to old, from schools to reading groups, this a book for giving, a book for cherishing.

Features poets from across the ages who lead us on a journey of love in its many forms. From Shakespeare to Rossetti, Keats to Auden, Byron to Browning and beyond, as well as a host of contemporary voices including Wendy Cope, Simon Armitage and Carol Ann Duffy, this title presents love poems.

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